Linda Atkinson

Artist Statement:
I think of my sculptures as visual poems. I like making sculptures of
genres and subjects we usually think of for paintings:  landscape, still
life, the figure.  I’m interested in expressing actions or characteristics
that address the human condition, and translate emotions into image,
to invent objects which mystify yet beg meaning. I want these objects
to have weight and presence, to provoke curiosity,  to be multi-
faceted, to be at times humorous, to be profound, and to have heart.

Biography
Linda Atkinson is a Virginia artist living and working in Botetourt
County. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a
BFA in Sculpture and California College of Arts and Crafts with a MFA
in Sculpture.  Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries
in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Atlanta.  She
spent 15 years in California, and taught sculpture and 3-D design at
the University of California/Santa Cruz.  She taught drawing, sculpture
and art history as adjunct faculty at Radford University, Hollins
University, Roanoke College and Virginia Western Community College
in Virginia.  Presently she maintains a gallery and studio in her home
in Fincastle, Virginia. She is represented by Zenith Gallery in
Washington, D.C.